3D Printing Systems
Configure the right additive manufacturing system from application to post-processing
Printer selection, material compatibility, build requirements, and downstream equipment have to work together — not as separate spreadsheet tabs.
Sales does not start with a printer SKU. It starts with what the customer is producing. Mercura CPQ applies your manufacturer-defined rules so application, technology, material, envelope, post-processing, and facility checks land on one validated quote.
From application to post-processing in one guided path
Application requirements drive technology, printer envelope, material filters, wash/cure or powder handling, and facility checks under manufacturer-defined rules — not a universal AM recommendation engine.
Additive system configurator
Manufacturer-defined rules · application → technology → material → post-processing
What are you producing?
Sales starts with the application, not a printer SKU.
Illustrative Mercura configuration. Catalogue, materials, facility rules, and prices are demo data. Your own additive catalogue and site rules would drive production.
Why quoting gets difficult
An additive sale is a decision chain, not a catalogue pick
Each step constrains the next. When those steps live in separate tools, the quote falls apart.
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Application fit
The customer describes an outcome — prototype, production part, dental model, tooling — not a model number.
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Technology match
FDM, SLA, SLS and similar processes drop in or out based on application and finish requirements.
- Which processes are allowed for this application?
- Who owns the recommendation: sales or applications engineering?
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Spec changes again
Material, envelope, post-process, site
Materials are filtered by technology. The part must fit the build volume. Wash/cure or powder handling may be required. Power, ventilation, and footprint affect deployment.
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Complete system quote
Printer alone is rarely the whole sale. Consumables, stations, and service belong on the same configuration.
Mercura does not invent engineering suitability. It runs the product rules you configure — so application fit, technology, material, envelope, post-processing, and site requirements stay on one commercial document.
System map
How an additive system quote is built
This is the path the interactive demo follows — application first.
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Application
What the customer is producing.
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Print technology
Compatible processes from manufacturer rules.
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Printer
Machines that can run the selected process.
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Material
Materials supported by that technology.
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Post-processing
Required or recommended downstream equipment.
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Facility requirements
Power, ventilation, air, footprint.
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Quote
Validated system price and optional bundle.
Capabilities
What Mercura carries for additive-system sales
Technology, material, and post-processing belong on one config — these capabilities encode that path.
Before / after
How the additive quote gets built
Before
- Application request interpreted by a specialist
- Printer selected, then material checked manually
- Post-processing checked in a separate conversation
- Spreadsheet quote, then engineering confirmation
With Mercura CPQ
- Application requirements captured in the sales flow
- Compatibility rules filter technology and materials
- Complete system — printer, stations, options — on one configuration
- Validated price and quote from the same session
See your additive portfolio configured in Mercura
Bring your materials matrix, envelope rules, and post-processing packages. We will show how they run as guided configuration — not a static PDF catalogue.
Request a CPQ demo